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In 1892, a minister named Francis Bellamy wrote the Pledge (which means a promise or a vow) of Allegiance (which means loyalty or faithfulness) in order to promote patriotism,… love of country and respect for the flag. It was originally designed for schools, to be taught to children. In the original version, it said nothing about God. In fact, it was meant to be concise and not take very long to say. It was also not said with the hand on the heart, but with a salute. Here is what Rev. Bellamy wrote: " I pledge allegiance to my flag and the republic for which it stands, one nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." But as time went by, several changes were made to the pledge. The last one occurred during the early 1950s, an era of McCarthyism and the Cold War, when the words "under God" were added to show that America is a God-fearing nation, as opposed to the Soviet Union, our enemy of that time, which espoused a belief in atheism. Today, the pledge, which is said with the hand over the heart, reads: I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands: one Nation under God, indivisible, With Liberty and Justice for all.

Those who do say it do so because they believe you should expressyour loyalty to your country - every day, in the case of schoolchildren. .
Those who don't say it do so for …many reasons:.
1. Meaning lost in endless repetition, no explanation given, nohistory provided. 2. Comprises an ideological viewpoint that is forced on little kidsby authorities to whom they are dependent. 3. The two above, taken together, is the definition ofbrainwashing. 4. The absurdity of having to repeat a pledge daily that apparentlyis only good for 24 hours. 5. The conforming routine of it, which makes you feel like abrain-dead robot sheep as opposed to a citizen of a free countrywho enjoys individual liberty. 6. Subordinates the people to the government, which we are told ongood authority was created by us, with allegiance to us, not us toit. 7. Exalts nationalism over federalism contrary to the basicprinciples of our Republic. Subsuming states and individual rightsto central government is a necessary pre-requisite for acentralized, socialist government to gain traction. This was anexplicit goal of Francis Bellamy, the socialist author of the PofA. 8. Encourages jingoism. Antagonistic tribalism. No other countrieshave their citizens swear a loyalty oath to their government(except Mexico and the Philippines, mimicking the U.S). 9. Concocted by a company that sold flags as part of a plan tocompel schools to buy more flags while instilling socialist-stylenationalism in American children. 10. Unsavory connection with Nazis. The Pledge originally featuredthe Nazi-style salute. In fact, Hitler got it from the Italianfascists who much admired, that's right, kids in America doing itwhile saying the Pledge. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellamy_salute(Man, if that doesn't give you chills) 11. Is patriotic lip-service in place of, even at the expense of,actual civic engagement and action. (Symbolic patriotism) 12. Is uncritical patriotism at the expense of maintainingoversight over government. (Blind patriotism) 13. Considered by many Christians idolatry, taking the name of Godin vain, swearing oaths, serving two masters. 14. Divides the nation (and the classroom) along religious lines.Only those represented by the Judeo-Christian "God" need apply aspatriots (Ironic that "under God", comes right before"indivisible.") 15. Is hypocritical on the part of adults, bullying little kidsinto doing something that adults themselves don't do. (You say thePledge every day, do you, and on a government mandated schedule?) 16. And last, but not least, pledging allegiance to a flag is juststupid..

It emphasizes common goals, heritage and national pride A pledge of allegiance in any country is a political ploy. The thing that unites the people of any country is their fe…ar of the cultures of other country's being forced upon them. It is like saying how does being forced to recite the Lords prayer every morning before school make you more Christian.